释义 |
Adjective: inactive in'aktiv- (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
"desired amounts of inactive chlorine" - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
- (military) not involved in military operations
- nonoperational - Not exerting influence or change
- (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
- dormant - Lacking in energy or will
- passive - Lacking activity; lying idle or unused
"an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" - Not engaged in full-time work
"inactive reserve"; "an inactive member" - Not active physically or mentally
"illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" - Not in physical motion
- motionless, static, still
See also: abeyant, activeness, activity, dark, dead, dead-end, deskbound, desk-bound, dormancy, dormant, dull, flat, hands-off, hypoactive, idle, inactiveness, inactivity, indolent, inert, latent, lethargic, nonmoving, off, passiveness, passivity, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, resistless, retired, sedentary, slow, sluggish, soggy, strikebound, supine, torpid, underactive, unenergetic, unmoving, unreactive, unresisting, unused Antonym: active |